Department of Communication

Seton Hall University

Introduction

1. My Background
2. Reasons for taking the class; expectations for the class; prior cg experience (software, graphics, computers, photography).
3. What do you expect to learn from the course?
4. Course Objectives:
1. Introduction to professional computer graphics applications: Paint and 3D modeling
1. Adobe Photoshop
2. Discreet 3D Studio Max
2. Using Windows operating system
3. Using the Internet:
1. Finding Clip art
2. Researching a term paper
3. Software help assistance
4. Finding training exercises for specific software
4. Appreciation of computer graphics as an art form
5. Communication department graphics laboratories
1. Description: Macintosh, DOS/Windows
2. History
3. What is a computer graphics workstation?
1. Hardware components
2. 
1. System unit (See Glossary)
1. CPU
2. Memory: RAM (temporary storage) volatile , ROM
3. Disk drives (mass storage)
4. Power supply
5. Graphics card
6. MODEM
2. Peripherals (I/O devices)
1. Keyboard
2. Monitors
3. Printers: examples of output
4. Desktop scanner
5. Digitizing tablet
6. Mouse
7. Camera
8. Personal Animation Recorder
3. Software:
1. OS
2. Applications
6. Magazines
1. Planet Studio (603) 472-2419
2. 3D Artist http://www.3dartist.com/ (505)820-6929
3. Animation Magazine (818) 991-2884
4. Multimedia Producer http://www.kipinet.com/
5. Wired Magazine http://www.hotwired.com
7. Show examples from prior classes
8. Graphlab accounts
9. Booting the computer and logging on to the LAN and workstation
1. Software application icons
2. Zip Drives--250 MB disks
3. Utilities
4. File management (listing, coping, deleting)
10. Saving your work (Z drive for network)
11. Bits and Bytes:
1. Bit--(BInary digiT) The smallest element of computer storage. It is a single digit in a binary number (0 or 1). The bit is physically a transistor or capacitor in a memory cell, a magnetic spot on disk or tape or a high or low voltage pulsing through a circuit.
2. Byte--The common unit of computer storage from micro to mainframe. It is made up of eight binary digits (bits). A ninth bit may be used in the memory circuits as a parity bit for error checking. A byte holds the equivalent of a single character, such as the letter A, a dollar sign or decimal point. For numbers, a byte can hold a single decimal digit (0 to 9), two numeric digits (packed decimal) or a number from 0 to 255 (binary numbers).
3. 3 ½ inch floppies hold 1.44 MB of information. (1,440,000 bytes). A double spaced typewritten page (27 lines of text) is approximately 2160 bytes.
4. Zip disk hold 250 MB of information